Hygienic means for bathrooms



May 31, 1960 A. R. MURRAY HYGIENIC MEANS FOR BATHROOMS Filed Oct. 21,1958 INVENTOR. ,lew/me Maeem BY (9 W United rates Patent HY GENIC MEANSFOR BATHRDOMS Arthur R. Murray, 19 Bethe] Road, Denbigh, Va.

Filed Oct. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 768,606

1 Claim. (Cl. 4148) This invention relates to bathroom equipment andmo're particularly to means for facilitating the utilization of a douchein female hygiene.

An object of the invention is the provision of a cabinetenclosedmixed-hot-and-cold water. tap and, positioned thereunder, a hook fromwhich the douche bag is suspended, all mounted below the usual bathroomshower head with the lower edge of the cabinet at the usual level of thelower edge of a standard bathroom medicine chest. The above-mentionedtap or spigot is preferably of the push-button type, so that Water flowsout of the spigot only during the time the button is pressed in. Thebath room wall at the head end of the usual bath tub serves as thesupport of the cabinet, although the cabinet may also have a rear wallsecured to the said bathroom wall.

It is well known that medical authorities recommend that a douche beused in reclining or prone position. The most convenient and preferableplace for the douche to be used is in the bath tub. With the standardequipment usually available in bathrooms the operation involvescomplications and difiiculties which are obvious. With the installationand use of the elements of the present invention the operation isgreatly simplified, and the installation of the equipment in no waydetracts from the appearance of the bathroom.

The above as well as additional objects will be clarified in thefollowing description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numberedparts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing isintended primarily for the purpose of illustration and that it istherefore neither desired nor intended to limit the inventionnecessarily to any or all of the exact details shown or described exceptinsofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring, briefly, to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view, with parts broken away,of the bathroom wall at the head end of the bath tub, showing the meansprovided by the pres ent invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 7

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates thebathroom Wall at the head end of the bath tub, that is, the wall inwhich the fixtures for the bath tub 11 and the shower bath nozzle 12 aremounted. The standard equipment of the usual bathroom consists, inaddition to the tub 11 and the shower outlet 12, of the hot and coldwater feed pipes 13 and 14 having their respective control valves 15 and16 leading into a mixing tub outlet 17 through a reversing valve 18. Thevalve 18 in one position opens into the tub outlet, and in the reverseposition closes the tub outlet and leads into a pipe 19 into the showerhead 12.

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cabinet 20 having an outwardly opening hinged and mirrored door 21,preferably countersunk into the wall 10. A pipe 22 is tapped into theshower lead pipe 19 and terminates within the cabinet in a push-buttonspigot 23 positioned near the top of the cabinet. Additionally, ashut-off valve 24 is interposed between the shower head 12 and the wall10. A hook 25 is provided on the rear wall of the cabinet directly belowthe spigot 23, on which a douche bag 26 is hung. The usual hose leadingfrom the bag 26 is shown fragmentarily at 27, and when not in use thebag and its hose are both contained within the cabinet.

When the douche is about to be used, with the valve 18 directed todischarge water into the tub, the hot and cold taps are opened and thewater flowing out of the tub outlet 17 is tested. When it reaches thedesired temperature, or even before opening the taps 15 and 16, theshower valve 24 is shut 011?. Then the valve 18 is reversed to directthe water mixture into the pipe 19. With the cabinet door opened, theuser holds the bag 26 and allows water to flow thereinto from the tap23. When the bag is filled it remains suspended from the hook 25 and thedouche is ready for use by the user in reclining position in the tub.

In the case of a shower stall having no tub, the installation is made inthe same manner, and in the case of an installation in an existingbathroom the rear wall of the cabinet may be flush with the wall 10, inan obvious manner.

Obviously modifications in form or structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention.

The invention having thus been described, what is claimed and desired tobe secured by Letters Patent is as follows:

In a bathroom having an end wall and a bath tub having one end thereofadjacent said end wall, a hot water supply line and a cold water supplyline, each of said supply lines containing a control valve, a reversingvalve positioned above the bath tub having said supply lines leadingthereinto from the control valves, a fill pipe leading from thereversing valve into the bath tub, a shower feed pipe extendingvertically upward from the reversing valve and having a shower headthereo'n, said control valves, said reversing valve and said shower headextending into the bathroom from said end wall, a cabinet mounted insaid end wall below said shower head with the vertical median line ofthe cabinet and said shower feed pipe positioned in a common verticalplane at right angles to said wall, said cabinet having a rear wall anda hinged door normally concealing the interior thereof, a

short pipe extending from said shower feed pipe into said. cabinetthrough said rear wall near the top of the cabinet References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,392,580 Landau Oct. 4,1921 1,616,514 Swimmer Feb. 8, 1927 1,956,221 Lambrecht Apr. 24, 19341,988,133 Myers Jan. 15, 1935 2,101,523 Willis Dec. 7, 1937

